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Child care centers and preschools in St. Martin Parish, LA
How St. Martin Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #769 of 1,611 scored counties
#6 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $368 a household
- Spending per listing
- $901K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,106
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in St. Martin Parish spend about $7.2M a year on child care and other personal services, or $368 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 child care centers and preschools, that is $901K per center, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
St. Martin Parish has 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in St. Martin Parish was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 3,263 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 120 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Martin Parish declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in St. Martin Parish is 52 (upper middle), #769 of 1,611 scored counties and #6 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana.
How St. Martin Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all child care and other personal services by the child care centers and preschools counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | St. Martin Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $901K | $729K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,263 | 1,735 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $368 | $411 | $581 |
| Median household income | $55,960 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 120
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 120Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in St. Martin Parish, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in St. Martin Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,106−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 19,579
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 738 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $55,960+15.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,449
- Median home value
- $164,200
- Jobs located here
- 13,916
- Daytime population
- 42,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Tammany Parish, LA | 62 | 59 | 5.6 | $913K | +5.3% | #489 of 1,611 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 56 | 29 | 5.4 | $805K | +8.5% | #667 of 1,611 |
| 3Lafourche Parish, LA | 54 | 17 | 4.5 | $900K | −2.0% | #719 of 1,611 |
| 4Bossier Parish, LA | 53 | 23 | 4.5 | $939K | +2.5% | #743 of 1,611 |
| 5Jefferson Parish, LA | 53 | 82 | 4.6 | $923K | −1.9% | #744 of 1,611 |
| 6St. Martin Parish, LA | 52 | 8 | 4.1 | $901K | −1.0% | #769 of 1,611 |
| 7St. Charles Parish, LA | 50 | 10 | 5.4 | $939K | −3.7% | #818 of 1,611 |
| 8St. Bernard Parish, LA | 47 | 9 | 5.5 | $699K | +4.1% | #904 of 1,611 |
| 9Natchitoches Parish, LA | 46 | 5 | 3.4 | $1M | −3.5% | #916 of 1,611 |
| 10Terrebonne Parish, LA | 46 | 18 | 4.3 | $906K | −4.8% | #921 of 1,611 |
Other business types in St. Martin Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
- Child care and preschools52
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in St. Martin Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 child care centers and preschools in St. Martin Parish. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 120 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Martin Parish, LA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $7.2M a year, or $368 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $901K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,579 households in St. Martin Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Martin Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
St. Martin Parish has 4.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $901K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, St. Martin Parish would have about 7, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,263 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Martin Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Martin Parish at 51,106 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,579 households. Median household income in St. Martin Parish is $55,960, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.0%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. St. Martin Parish scores 52 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #769 of 1,611 scored counties.
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